Looking for Lizards

Nature Guys

English - June 11, 2019 10:00 - 25 minutes - 12.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 499 ratings
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Bill and Bob explore a lizard that started showing up in Cincinnati in the 1950ʼs. Tune in for the fascinating story of how this lizard got to Cincinnati all the way from Italy.

Our sources for this episode include:

Revisiting Some Scaly Old Friends
https://bygl.osu.edu/node/926 Bottlenecks and Microhabitat Preference in Invasive Wall Lizard, Podarcis muralis
https://etd.ohiolink.edu/ap/10?0::NOM10MP10_ETD_SUBIDM89321 They came from Italy. Now, they outnumber us all.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/08/31/they-came-italy-now-theyoutnumber-us-all/591532001/ Lazarus Lizards Rise in Cincinnati
https://bygl.osu.edu/node/585 Ohio Division of Natural Resources (ODNR) Conservation Education Materials
http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/education-and-outdoor-discovery/conservation-education-project-wild/education-materials